Items tagged with book reviews.

Prominent Newspapers Change Book Coverage

by Adrian Versteegh

Daily News

Two of the country’s most prominent newspapers announced significant changes to their book coverage last week. The Chicago Tribune not only reformatted its Saturday books page but officially launched Printers Row, a literary blog featuring expanded content and contributions from readers. The San Francisco Chronicle, meanwhile, scrapped its usual best-seller list on Sunday in favor of lists provided by the Northern California Independent Bookseller Association.

Q&A: Jane Ciabattari’s Critical Diagnosis

by Kevin Larimer

News and Trends

July/August 2008

Jane Ciabattari, president of the National Books Critic Circle, discusses the art of book reviewing and her recommendations for summer reading.

The "Ethics in Book Reviewing" Panel: Postcard From New York City, Part 2

by Jen A. Miller

Postcard

Oh that mine enemy were to write a book. It's a line, paraphrased from the Book of Job, that was uttered last Friday morning at BookExpo America by Christopher Hitchens—author of the recently published book God Is Not Great—as the motto from his earlier book reviewing days. It was an odd sentiment to be heard at a panel called "Ethics in Book Reviewing: The More Things Change…?" but it certainly made the crowd, which was packed in and spilling out of the conference room, laugh out loud. And it set the tone for the rest of the panelists' comments.

Critics on Reviews

by Mary Gannon

Feature

September/October 2003

Reviewers are accused of having agendas and of cronyism, are called show-offs and career-killers. It's a lot of heat to take for some free books, a few bucks, and a byline.